sfinne1 - Columbian Drug War

Columbia's main drug that they have is cocaine.
Drug lord Pablo Escobar, who died in 1993, created the cocaine empire that Columbia is today.
Cocaine comes from the Coca plant and both South America and the U.S. are trying to eliminate the plant.
Not only does the coca plant produce cocaine, but it is also a slash and burn crop that is devastating on the environment
Civil war has torn apart Columbia for years.
Rebels in Columbia get a lot of money from illegal drugs.
Annually, the drug trade is worth about 10 billion dollars.
Since 2001 the U.S. has spent about 6 billion dollars in an effort to help Columbia's government fight the war on drugs.
Cocaine is grown in the Andes mountains within Columbia.
About 90% of the worlds cocaine comes from Columbia.
The illegal drug trade makes up about one fourth of Columbia's economy.

This drug war has remained unresolved since the 1970s.